Education

The University of California vowed Thursday to continue providing generous support services for immigrant students after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Trump move to rescind DACA protections.

Officials for the nation’s second-largest school system will consider next week a proposal to eliminate the Los Angeles school police department.

Teachers and students are right to avoid going back to campus. Now, educators much make remote learning better for the fall.

The donation to the United Negro College Fund, Spelman College and Morehouse College is the largest ever individual gift to HBCU scholarships

L.A. school officials are suing S&W Atlas Iron & Metal Co., saying it has released metal projectiles, toxic fumes and metallic dust onto Jordan High School in Watts.

Students and community members are calling for the dismantlement of the L.A. school police. Supt. Austin Beutner says he supports eliminating the use of pepper spray and chokeholds.

UCLA described some of its plans for classes in the Fall.

L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner said he will recommend that the school board eliminate school police use of pepper spray and carotid holds.

University of California regents unanimously endorse a state measure to repeal Proposition 209, passed in 1996, clearing the way to restore affirmative action in public education, contracting and employment. The UC president, all 10 campus chancellors, and faculty, graduate and undergraduate governing bodies also support repealing Proposition 209.

For more than a decade, advocates have been pushing to reduce the power of police on campuses. Now, what was a back-burner issue is in the mainstream policy discussion of L.A. Unified.

College students are making fall housing decisions, including whether to sign and break leases, based on limited details of what campus life will look like.

The newly formed alliance will train college representatives on topics like hiring and retaining faculty of color, fostering inclusive classrooms and integrating race across the curriculum.